COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso
| COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Burkina Faso |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Ouagadougou |
| Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 773 (as of 13 May)[1] |
| Active cases | 130 (as of 13 May) |
| Recovered | 592 (as of 13 May) |
Deaths | 51 (as of 13 May) |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020.
The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded COVID-19 fatality in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3]
On 9 March 2020, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.[4]
On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed, is a person who has had direct contact with the first two cases.[5]
On 14 March, 7 cases confirmed in the country. Five of the new confirmed cases have had direct contact with the first two cases. One is an English national currently working in a gold mine in the Burkina Faso and who went to vacation in Liverpool, returning on 10 March, with transits through Vancouver and Paris.[6]
On 15 March, 8 new cases were confirmed according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of cases to 15.[7]
On 17 March, 20 total cases were confirmed.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Ministère de la Santé - Burkina Faso". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ Asiedu, Kwasi Gyamfi (2020-03-22). "Four government ministers have contracted coronavirus in Burkina Faso and it's spreading rapidly". Quartz Africa. Archived from the original on 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso reports Sub-Saharan Africa's first coronavirus death as WHO warns 'prepare for worst'". France 24. 2020-03-19. Archived from the original on 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso Confirms First Cases of Coronavirus". 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus: un troisième cas confirmé au Burkina Faso". VOA (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ↑ B24, Rédaction (14 March 2020). "Coronavirus (COVID-19) : 7 cas confirmés au Burkina". L'Actualité du Burkina Faso 24h/24 (in French). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Coronavirus au Burkina : Le compteur passe à 15 cas confirmés - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ↑ Maclean, Ruth (2020-03-17). "Africa Braces for Coronavirus, but Slowly". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-18.